![]() ![]() Put some effort in guys for god's sake.įuleco was the mascot for the widely-praised and hugely-enjoyed 2014 Brazil World Cup. Why would a cup have legs? It doesn't make any sense. ![]() Note to mascot designers: simply putting a person inside a big suit of the object it's promoting is just lazy. Hard to believe, but this ridiculous mascot is actually an improvement on that. Speaking of sleeping bags, the original incarnation of Southend United FC's (nicknamed The Shrimpers) Sammy the Shrimp was some kind of all-over pink duvet with eyes. It looks a bit like an angry sleeping bag. While Delta State University's mascot has an interesting and funny back story, with many myths surrounding how it came to pass that a vegetable wearing boxing gloves would be a good mascot, it is, essentially, ridiculous. A couple of free alternatives for you there, Cardiff City FC marketing department - no need to thank us. There's a big dragon on the Cardiff badge (for Wales) and they're nicknamed The Bluebirds. She looks terrifying, and we have no idea what those names have to do with Cardiff. Zoe-Lou is one half of the Cardiff City superhero mascot team, along with Bartley Blue. Mascot for the Helsinki European Athletics Championships in 2012, it looks like a dishwasher tablet. Yep, we've got no idea what it is either. Here is our definitive guide to the 30 worst sports mascots ever. Dreamt up by some marketing genius, who decided that what would really get the crowd going was a man dressed up in a giant furry costume, mascots have become ubiquitous at sporting events - and many of them are truly terrible. Which was already fairly terrifying in the first place.īut, remarkable as it seems, Kingsley is far from the worst offender when it comes to sports mascots. Now we're sure Mr Shrigley knows what he's doing, but let's be honest, it looks like a slightly deranged and haunting version of the Teletubbies baby/sun hybrid. It's been designed by David Shrigley, a Turner Prize-nominated artist and Thistle fan, who helped persuade a California-based investment company - Kingsford Capital Management - to get on board and sponsor the club. Another week, another terrible new mascot.įollowing hot on the trail of the ridiculous Ashes mascot Ernie the Urn comes the announcement that Partick Thistle have replaced poor old Jaggy MacBee with a terrifying new mascot, Kingsley, who you can see above. ![]()
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